Baseball game board



Feb. 24, 1925.

. 1,527,480 w. H. E. HOQPER BASEBALL GAME BOARD Filed May 24, 1921 35 cating"outs and Patented Feb. 24,1925.

UNITEDSTATES 1,527,480 PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. E. HOOPER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

. BASEBALL BOARD.

Application filed May 24,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIA Hoornn, siding at Detroit, in the county of Wayne i and-State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baseball Game Boards, of which the following me specification.

This invention relates to games and toys,

and pertains especially to baseball game devicesfor playing the game on a board having the diamond and field depicted thereon according to the rules and regulations of professional baseball.

The object of the invention is to provide certain "novel and peculiar indicia. in the fields and diamond .as represented on. a

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A board for showing the status of players at bat and to furnish devices such as a plurality ofdarts for each player to hurl or throw against the board in playing a baseball game, so as to denote the field player making an out.= i i A further object of the invention is ,to provide, in a baseball playing board, rela tive arrangement of sections or location of devices on the face of the board which shall indicate the outs in center, left and right fields, respectively, when such devices 36! are struck by an arrow or dart hurled or thrown by players of a team at bat, and to furnish the bases, home plate and catchers position, as well as the pitchers position and diamond field with similar devices indi-= home runs when struck by the arrows or darts, and also to furnish .the face, ,of said board with data indicating 5"base hitsl/ lwithin fair territory "when the darts strike lsujch territory. .1, V In the accompanying drawings forming part of'this applicationz 1 i Fig. 1 is a plan viewr ing its various indiciador ball game. I

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of part of the board showing a dart as having been thrown by a player.

The same reference characters denote the same parts throughout the several views of so the drawings.

In carrying ably employ a I /of back 5 of such material andathickness as will afford stiffness and rigidity for stand 5g ing or hanging the board in'playing position. I further employ a ,face board memout my invention, I prefera citizen of the United States, re- 1 on adjacent to flthe-boardpshowplaying a base}.

body ormainboard member.

1921. Serial No. 472,138.

her 6 glued or otherwise secured to and covering one side of the main board member 5. The board mcml'ler 6 n'iay be composed of fibre or cork in one or more layers so as to form a cushion or penetrating surface i" or the playing arrows or darts as 7. The outer face of said surface being such as to permit the playing diagram to be depicted thereon, or to be printed on sheets which may be pasted thereon, so that in the event of a sheet becoming disfigured or impaired by repeated punctures in throwing the darts, new sheets may be supplied, but the field diagram may be otherwise produced on the dart-receiving face, as by permanently pro ducing the diagram on the cushion member in the manufacture thereof.

The playing face of the board comprises two contrasting colors, as green for the field and white, or some color clearly contrasting with the field color, for the bases, base lines, foul lines, pitchers box, outs for center, left and right fields, as well as to infield indici-a.

In illustrating the diagram, no attempt isimade to show the diagram or fields in colors, it being'understood that any desired colors or simply ,blaclc used. The dart has a representation of a regulation base ball as 7.

1 y The left, center and right fields are provaried, respectively, with circular planes or disks as A. B. C.,all of which are of the same color but contrasting with the colors ofrsaid fields. Said circular planes contain the names of the said fields and the word fTOut, "so that a player throwing a dart within either of thecircles A. B. 0., shall The left and right fields count 1 appearing therethe out circles of these fields, so that a player throwing a dart upon the outer gardens or fields shall be given credit for a single or one base hit, and

count one.

The home plate the same color as theouter field circles, and depicted on the circle D are thewords and numeral Home run, count 3, so that a player throwing a. dart into the circle 1) shall be credited with a home run and count three. Each of the bases have circles of the same color as the aforesaid circles, and said base circles as E. F. G., respectively, have the indicia First base out, so that a player throwing a dart into any one of the be declared out. dhave the indicia and white may be -feet from the board and base circles shall be declared out. The catchers box is represented by a rectangle or square H of the same color as the base circles, and the Words Catcher out appears thereon, so that a player is out when he throws a dart into the eatchers box. The pitchers box K is of the same color as the base circles and has the Words Pitcher out thereon, so that a player is out when he throws a dart into the pitchers box. A small disc or circle L is placed on the inli'eld or diamond, having the words Short stop out, and is of the same color as the other circles, so that a player is out when he throws a dart into this circle. A similar disc or circle M, of the same color the other circles, is made in the inlield on the opposite side of the pitchers box from that of the short stop circle, and this circle has the words and number lomerun 3 thereon, indicating that a player who throws a dart into this circle shall be credited with a. home run. the word and numeral Count 2 thereon, so that a player throwing a dart into the infield not occupied by the pitchers box and small circles L and M shall be credited with a two-base hit and count 2. The foul territory is indicated by the words Foul ball.

Obviously the base and field players, that is the in. and outfielders, pitcher and catcher may be given credit for their respective put outs when a dart lodges in its position as indicated by the discs or circles and the boxes of the pitcher and catcher.

The game is played similar to the regular and actual baseball game by two or more, or by the usual number of players for each team'taking their turns of at bat and fieldf each player at bat standing about ten being provided with three darts giving each player van equal number of chances or throws for getting on or getting out by anchoring the dart upon the board in such position as would indicate whether he is safe or out, or the number of bases he is entitled to by reason of his allotted dart throws, and if out the player making the out will be indicated by the position of the dart. Foul The infield or diamond hasballs when caught, the batters are out, when not caught, the batter making three fouls in succession is out.

Obviously, the rivalry and skill of the players is tested in throwing the darts so as to avoid the various outs, and to have the dart stick or anchor in the counts.

I do not Wish to' be understood as confining myself to any particular size of the board or colors, nor to the size and location of the outlield discs or circles and the two infield circles, but reservethe right to make such changes and variations therein and in the immui'acture of the invention as may be consistent with the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A base-ball gamedevice, comprising a playing board representing a base-ball diamond and in-field and out-field each marked with a scoring value for the player, other areas indicating the usual positions occupied by the members of the opposing team and marked with values adversely affecting the score of the player, a home plate and an area of the in-field each of the two last-- named areas being in juxtaposition with an area of adverse value and each marked with a maximum scoring value for the player.

2. A baseball game device, comprising a ]')laying board representing a baseball diamond and in-field and out-field each marked with a scoring value for the player, other areas indicating the usual positions occupied by the members of the opposing team and marked with values adversely atlecting the score of the player, areas along the base lincs' connecting the positions of the basemcn and of similar scoring value, and a home plate and an area of the in-field each of the two lastnamed areas being in juxtaposition With an area of adverse value and each marked with a maximum scoring value for the player.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLTAM H. E. HOOPER. lVitnesses:

GEORGE Knonrsniv,

CHAS. J. MARTELL, Jr. 

